From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Oct 26 20:07:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05745 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 20:07:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA05735 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 20:07:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from mercury (mercury [129.127.36.44]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id OAA04912; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:36:24 +1030 (CST) Received: from localhost by mercury; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/27Nov97-0404PM) id AA09871; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:36:23 +1030 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:36:23 +1030 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway To: Greg Lehey Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8 for Linux In-Reply-To: <19981027131745.M20920@freebie.lemis.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 26 October 1998 at 20:04:03 +1030, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > Corel have announced their intention to release a free Linux-native version of > > WP8, which they are calling a "personal version" and promise it won't be a > > knackered demo. See http://www.corel.com/news/1998/october/linux.htm for the > > press release. > > > > I suggest it would be a good thing for everyone who would be interested in > > seeing this work under FreeBSD to go to > > > > https://livewire.corel.com/cfscripts/Feedback_forms/feedback.htm > > > > and submit feedback politely asking them to consider a FreeBSD native port, or > > to endeavour that the Linux version is runnable under emulation. > > Why do that? Because it increases the visibility of FreeBSD among people who might not have heard about it (the Corel developers), and just might influence their thinking towards future product decisions. Assume enough of a response was received that the Corel guys sat up and thought "Wow, theres a market segment we can service", and decide to release a native version of WP8. Are you saying that would be a bad thing? > The Linux version should work, and if people get the > impression that the Linux port is just the tip of the iceberg, they > might decide not to do it again. I didnt understand this bit. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message